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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 11-2744
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
ANDRE KEYES, a/k/a DREY,
Appellant
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Criminal No. 2-03-cr-00487)
District Judge: Honorable John R. Padova
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Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to
Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and IOP 10.6
August 4, 2011
Before: RENDELL, FUENTES and SMITH, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: August 30, 2011)
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM
Andre Keyes, a prisoner at FCI-Fort Dix, in New Jersey, appeals from the District
Court orders dismissing his request for post-conviction relief and denying his motions for
reconsideration and appointment of counsel. Because the appeal does not present a
substantial question, we will summarily affirm. See 3d Cir. LAR 27.4; 3d Cir. IOP 10.6.
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Keyes was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and related charges,
including a weapons charge, for participating in a crack cocaine distribution ring. He was
sentenced to concurrent terms of 120 months imprisonment on the drug charges and a
consecutive 60-month term for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime. Keyes appealed his conviction, and we affirmed. See United States v. Keyes, 214
F. Appx 145 (3d Cir. 2007).
Keyes then filed a timely motion to vacate his conviction under 28 U.S.C. 2255.
The District Court denied his motion, and we declined to issue a certificate of
appealability. See United States v. Keyes, C.A. No. 08-3778 (order entered Mar. 18,
2009). The United States Supreme Court denied Keyess petition for writ of certiorari in
October 2009.
In April 2011, Keyes filed in the District Court a petition for post-conviction
relief, in which he stated his intention to pursue, under 28 U.S.C. 2241, three claims:
(1) he is actually innocent of the 120-month drug sentence, in light of the Fair
Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the penalties for crack-related offenses; (2) his
sentence violates his right to equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments to the Constitution; and (3) he is actually innocent of possessing a firearm
in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
motion, reasoning that Keyes failed to demonstrate his entitlement to proceed under
2241.
In so holding, we make no comment on the arguably open question whether a litigant can
satisfy Dorsainvil by demonstrating actual innocence of a sentence.
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And Keyes has not shown either newly discovered evidence of his actual
Further, because Keyess petition could not be brought under 2241, we perceive no error
in the District Courts decision not to transfer Keyess petition to the district of his
confinement.
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